Officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for a white 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck after a Baton Rouge couple were found dead at a Hammond truck stop.

Officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for a white 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck after a Baton Rouge couple were found dead at a Hammond truck stop.

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Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Oct 20, 2015

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WEBVTT CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK.WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLEOF INTEREST.AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOTRELEASING ANY OTHER INFORMATIONOTHER THAN THAT.AUTHORITIES SAY SURVEILLANCEFOOTAGE FROM THE PETRO TRUCKSTOP IN HAMMOND SHOWS TWO PEOPLEOF INTEREST LEAVING THE PARKINGLOT ON SUNDAY EVENING.USING ONSTAR, THE MISSINGVEHICLE WAS TRACKED HERE TO THETRUCK STOP.AUTHORITIES FOUND THE BODIES OFTHE DENIS AND SUZANNE DUPLANTIERIN THE BACK SEAT OF THEIR REDPICK UP TRUCK, STRANGLED TODEATH.IT DOES APPEAR THEY WEREKIDNAPPED, OBVIOUSLY AT THEIRHOME IN BATON ROUGE.THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT HERE.WE DO BELIEVE THERE WAS MORETHAN ONE PERSON INVOLVED IN THEKIDNAPPING AND MURDER.INVESTIGATORS COMBED THROUGHTHE DUPLANTIER HOME IN BATONROUGE, CONCERNED RELATIVES HADCALLED BATON ROUGE POLICE MONDAYAFTER GOING TO THEIR HOME.THEY WENT OVER TO THE HOUSE,FOUND THE HOUSE OPEN, IN ADISARRAY AND FROM WHAT IUNDERSTAND A SAFE WAS OPEN.INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TOCOMB THROUGH THE DUPLANTIERHOME, LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THATMIGHT LEAD THEM TO THE KILLERS.BASED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO,AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SEARCHINGFOR A 2007 WHITE CHEVY PICKUPTRUCK BEARING LOUISIANA LICENSE, C287533, AND THE PEOPLE THATDROVER AWAY IN THAT TRUCK.WE DO HAVE THE IDENTITY OFTHE PEOPLE OF INTEREST, BUT ATTHIS TIME THEY ARE ONLY PEOPLEOF INTEREST AND WE ARE NOT GOINGTO RELEASE THAT AT THISTIME.KIND OF SURPRISING, HEARINGTHAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE NOTHINGMYSELF.FOLKS AT THE PETRO TRUCKSTOP, AS SURPRISED AS EVERYBODYELSE ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVEHAPPENED HERE.FOR LONG TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT,IT NEVER GETS EASIER.IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVETO DEAL WITH IN OUR PROFESSION.IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKFORWARD TO, AND WE HOPE WE CANBRING CLOSURE FOR THE FAMILY INTHE WEEKS OR DAYS TO COME.